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Stranded

Stranded

train poem

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A wagon
stationary
in the outskirts of town
by the cemetery
yet outside

left abandoned
stranded by emotions
am I
paralysed without engine
no coal to fire

wind whines through broken windows
no passengers set foot
on empty fields
ghosts never travel
alone
   
rusty old gates
guard the old station
near the graveyard
in the outskirts of town
a wagon time …

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